Ashland, Inc. Professorship

The purpose of this endowment is to establish an endowed professorship in the College
of Education and Human Services. The professorship is designed to enhance collaboration
with the public schools in elementary, middle, and/or high school education.

The College of Education and Human Services is using the endowed professorship funds
to create a distinguished practitioner/lecturer position to augment and support the
salary and activities needed to attract qualified African American candidates from
the public schools. If the candidate does not hold a terminal degree, the funds may
be used to support a person in pursuit of such a degree, supporting the University’s
desire to enhance the number of minority faculty on campus.

The primary focus of the professorship is to facilitate University faculty and public
school teachers and administrators in exploring collaborative partnerships and relationships
to enhance teacher-training quality. Current demands and legislation such as No Child
Left Behind underscore the need for such collaboration. With this in mind, the recipient
of the Ashland, Inc. Endowed Professorship in Education will be responsible for participating
in the planning and development of programs which will afford teacher education candidates
experiences in programs demonstrating current best practices at both the University
and public school levels.